Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant's wedding has dominated the headlines and we can't get enough of it. Before the grand wedding, the couple hosted a series of pre-wedding festivities. Recently, Himanshu Patel, founder of Epic Stories, who covered those wedding festivities, sat down for an interview with The Indian Express about how they planned to cover the event. They also covered several events before the couple's D-Day at locations across Mumbai and Gujarat and on a cruise in Europe.
Himanshu Patel shared that Anant and Radhika's wedding was planned on a large scale. They had covered celeb weddings earlier, but not something of that big scale. As a result, they found it challenging to cover the couple's first pre-wedding celebration in Jamnagar. He added that the only brief they got from the Ambani family to cover the event was that they should remain discreet while capturing photos. He was quoted as saying:
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"The only brief we got from the family was that 'You have to be very discreet all the time. Be invisible yet present.' The wedding is not just for the photography but also an experience for the guests. So we had captured the special moments without intruding on the couple's special day."
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To capture such significant events, Himanshu said that the team had to understand how the function would unfold, how the couple would enter, and what activities would follow. They had to plan precisely where the photographers would stand and whether they could capture essential moments. The founder of Epic Stories added that the planning process involved more than 50 vendors coordinating with everyone. They worked with the choreographers, the production team, show management, the artists, and guests.
The pre-wedding celebrations and wedding of Anant and Radhika were graced by renowned personalities like Rihanna, Mark Zuckerberg, and the Kardashian Sisters, Kim and Khloe. Although, the team was not prevented from going near celebrities, they were expected to discreetly capture special moments and emotions. For instance, they used special wildlife lenses to capture Anant and Radhika's pheras as they were stationed at a distance.
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Himanshu saw that there were several heartwarming moments from Anant and Radhika's wedding. As the photographer's team, they knew about every performance and activity in detail. But many details were a surprise for the bride and groom. For instance, Anant and Radhika didn't know about Katy Perry's performance on the couple's second pre-wedding celebrations in Europe. He said:
"For the couple, there were a lot of surprises. The Katy Perry show on the cruise, the couple didn't know! There were many things that were kept as a surprise for Anant and Radhika. We used to get specific briefs for events that the couple doesn't know about, so we had to capture the moment once the reveal happens!"
What do you think about Himanshu Patel's revelations about covering Anant and Radhika's wedding from their lens? Let us know.
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